VR Juggler

Configuration Guide

1.0.0

$Date: 2002/03/19 00:25:02 $


Table of Contents

Preface
1. Introduction
An overview of VR Juggler configuration
2. Building a configuration file from scratch
Before you start: collecting information
Create a new configuration file
Decide on the origin
Configure trackers
Create position proxies
Creating Proxy Aliases (optional)
Configure other input devices
Creating Digital and Analog Proxies
Add User configuration
Add Displays
Create a DisplaySystem chunk
Define display windows
Additional features
Configuring Performer API features
Configuring audio features
Enabling dynamic reconfiguration
Logging performance data
3. Configuring other hardware devices
Desk or wall-based projection displays
Head-mounted displays
Using the Trackd tracker daemon with VR Juggler
Using InterSense trackers
Using Fakespace Pinch Gloves
4. Configuring simulated devices
Creating a keyboard input window
Creating simulated devices

List of Figures

1.1. VjControl's config file editing panel.
2.1. Editor window for MotionStar input driver.
2.2. The editor window for a Position Proxy called "VJHead". The proxy attaches to a device named "MotionStar", and applies a transformation and rotation to the device data.
2.3. Configuration for the Immersion Ibox.
2.4. User data ConfigChunk.
2.5. DisplaySystem chunk.
2.6. Surface Display chunk for the front screen.
2.7. ConfigChunk for activating performance measurements.
2.8. Configuring a log file for VR Juggler performance data.
3.1. ConfigChunks for the Trackd input device daemon.
3.2. Configuration for InterSense tracking system.
4.1. Configuration of simulated devices. These are the digital and positional simulators used to provide the user's head control and wand buttons in the simstandalone.config file included in the VR Juggler distribution.